Caryl Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I am pretty sure this is the right fish! I had been trying to get a shot of this fish but he kept moving so I finally gave up and decided to take a pic of the plants instead. What do you know? He swam into the shot just as I clicked the button! Here he is tring to eat a bottom feeder pellet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Good looking fish , great colours. Just purchased a Glossolepis Boesemani the only one they had and ordered 3 more. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I know that photos can sometimes change the apparent colour of fish, does it really have the orange on the fins, and orangey stripes along the body Caryl? If yes then it's not likely to be M. lacustris Have a look here at lacustris - admittedly mine will show some green or yellow depending on their mood. One problem with trying to ID rainbowfish is the colour variations depending on river system they originated from - so I can't pin down your particular type of rainbow. Some pictures of Glossolepsis multisquamatus I've seen in the past look similar to that fish - as pictured in the bottom photo(though unfortunately the one on the site I've pointed you to doesn't), but then the top photo of him have some similarities to M. herbertaxelrodi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Definately not a Melanotaenia lacustris Caryl. The pics Rob put up are M. lacustrus, the male is the top one with the female underneath. The males have elongated dorsal and anal fins, the babies are tiny and need green water or infusoria, got from having riccia or java moss in the tank while they are hatching. I use this medium for spawning them in, then move the eggs and plant into a smaller hatching tank. Cliff, not sure what fish you have there mate. If it is a Glossolepsis, it will prolly be Incisus, a red Rainbow. If it is a Boesemani it belongs to the M. family, and is two toned yellow with vertical stripes of blue-green on it Males are deeper bodied than the females, but only develop this with age. Check the fin shapes for the sex. babies of these are the same as above. Alan (who has 27 baby lacustrus coming on just nicely, thanks very much) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Caryl the fish youhave is close to this http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon ... taenia.htm Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Yep Alan you are right I have Melanotaenia Boesemani could not read my own writing on the scrap pad. Some of those Lacustrus will look good in my tank old man when they are ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 What's with the ol'man touch yappie?? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 He has orange on his fins and looks just like the pic of a M lacustris in the red Axelrod mini atlas page 664. His body colour changes depending on his mood and how he vatches the light but the back end of him has a definite orange tint. I got a load of rainbows from Sid in Otautau along with a bit of paper describing each one but I have lost the paper. Am seeing Sid this weekend so will print out the pic and ask him what he thinks it is. Doesn't look anything like the other pic you suggest Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hi think Alan's link stuffed up - the site has frames and what ever fish you're viewing it still shows the parent address in the address bar - so need to be a bit sneaky to get the address for particular fish. Haven't got the miniatlas as I prefer the Baensch books (haven't you got those back again - I thought they went with the editors job?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Try using that link and go to M. s. rubrostriata. Ditto what I said above. The ones on page 664, are a lot more green than my breeders. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hmmm, looking at the Baensch Atlas 2, page 1132 the M trifasciata looks most likely. He is often greener but when he catches the light a certain way he has a definite orange cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 OK. According to Sid, who gave the rainbows to me, the pic is of a hybrid M lacustris and M trifasciata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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